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there are three imperfectly competitive market structures under which, the vast majority of business operations fall. The market structures are monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and pure monopoly.describe each structure in terms of the types of products or services produced, number of firms competing in each structure (few or many), barriers to entry into the structure (high, moderate, or low), and how much control do firms in each structure have over price. Offer examples of companies classified in each.

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1) A natural monopoly exists when:

a. A few firms collude to make one large firm

b. Firms enter the industry as a result of profit incentives

c. Economies of scale provide large cost advantages to having one firm produce the industry's output

d. Firms naturally maximize regardless of market structure

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2) A(n) ____ is a single firm with ___, whereas a(n) ___ implies an industry with ____ firm(s) and ____ .

a. Monopoly; barriers to entry; oligopoly; few; no barriers to entry

b. Oligopoly; no barriers to entry; monopoly; many; easy entry and exit

c. Monopoly; barriers to entry; monopolistic competition; many; easy entry and exit

d. Monopolistic competitor; barriers to entry; monopoly; one; barriers to entry

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3) In monopolistic competition:

a. Each firm produces a product identical to that of every other firm in the industry

b. Firms are aware of their strategic interdependence

c. Firms earn large economic profits in the long run

d. Firms earn zero economic profits in the long run

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4) A monopolistically competitive industry, such as corn snack chips, and a perfectly competitive industry, like wheat farming, are alike in that:

a. There are many firms in each industry

b. Firms in both types of industries produce similar but not identical products

c. Barriers to entry in both industries are large

d. Firms in both types of industries produce identical products

In a 700 to 1500 word paper, compare and contrast the four major market structures: perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly, and monopolistic competition. Select a real life company that is representative of each structure and as a minimum provide the following for your selected companies: Indicate the product or service being produced, indicate the product's elasticity, indicate if the company received economics profits, and indicate if there are barriers to entry in the market.

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